I love the new Windows Phones, except for the lack of one glaring feature: SD expansion slots. Neither the HTC 8X nor the Lumia 920 have them (even though their "lesser" models, the 8S and 820, do). Samsung's phone is the only one to have the SD slot on the high end.

I have two of the Natural Keyboard Pros. They're still my favorite keyboard of all time -- although the Ergonomic 4000 I'm using now isn't too bad. I have to agree with Paul, though, that even though the features are potentially cool (I'd bet money the space/backspace keys are configurable through Intellitype), having a non-standard keyboard is only going to make it harder to go to another keyboard. (For me, it's not so much using someone else's keyboard, but using one of the handful of machines in my own house. Don't want to have to buy six keyboards and force the rest of my family to use them.)

Heh, someone needs to update the watermark for comments by Microsoft employees -- it's using the old logo. Unless, of course, that's for former Microsoft employees....

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It was a pleasant surprise to see Paul back in this episode. Paul, wish you the best in your endeavor and hope you make the effort to continue showing up. I think both you and Laura do a good job presenting the news with different perspectives and pronunciations.

The Lumia 920 is currently top of my shopping list and it is good to hear it is getting excellent press. However, they announce this thing way too far in advance without giving availability dates and pricing. Apple have the right model with this, announce it one week and let consumers buy it the next not after 2 months.